Y021 Danstar Munich German Wheat Beer Dry Yeast

Y021 Danstar Munich German Wheat Beer Dry Yeast

SKU: Y021

Originating in the home of wheat beer, Bavaria, this dry yeast will produce a wide range of popular wheat beer styles. The Danstar Munich Wheat Beer strain is fast and vigorous in fermentation. However, it is non-flocculant, producing the classic hazy appearance associated with Wheat Beers and Hefeweizens. The aroma is suitably estery with notes of banana. Gluten Free

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Wheat beers are among the most popular beer styles in the world, and now you can brew great wheat beer styles reliably & conveniently with premium Munich Wheat Beer yeast from Danstar.

Danstar Munich Wheat Beer yeast originated in Bavaria, Germany, the home of many of the world’s great wheat beer breweries. The propagation and drying processes for Munich yeast has been specifically designed to deliver high quality brewing yeast that can be used to produce wheat beers of the finest quality. No colours, preservatives or other unnatural substances have been used in its preparation. Like all our Danstar products, Munich is produced in ISO 9002 certified plants and is non-GM & gluten-free .

I like to brew wheat beer and have tried many different yeast. I'm satisfied with the results from this brand, and it happens to cost less than the liquid yeast, a double win. I hydrate the yeast in water before using, and don't add it directly to the beer._x000D_

Save a couple of bucks and use the dry yeast. I don't need to make a starter either, just sprinkle it in. The yeast eats all the sugar and gets to the expected final gravity and I have myself some good wheat beer.

I like a lot of the dry yeasts, this one acts quickly and ferociously. I usually oxygenate my wort but with this need a blow off tube if I do. After a vigorous few days it does very little. Fun to watch, decent results.

My friends liked this wheat beer, though I prefer the liquid yeast, it was still pretty good. I'm not sure why it costs more than the Safale S-04 and S-05, but for wheat beer it's the only dry yeast choice.

Yeast is always too expensive so I started making starters. Here's what I do, after mashing I collect (in a 1000 mL earlymer flask) about 400 mL of wort (prior to boiling) dilute to 600 mL and microwave until it boils. I cover with a paper towel and rubber band. I let it boil for about one minute, cool to room temperature and then add 2 grams of dry yeast. I then add a magnetic sir bar and with a stir plate stir for about 4 hours. During that 4 hours I'm boiling wort, cooling wort, adjust the gravity, whirlpool, let settle for about 2 hours, rack off sediment into new bucket and then add my yeast starter which is already bubbling. By morning my fermentation is on its way and I only used 2 grams out of the 11. I will get an easy 5 fermentations out of this 11 gram packet. Prost !

I brew a large amount of Wheat Beers. Its most of what I do. I always use the dry yeast, it's just how I learned i guess. I've been tempted to try the more expensive yeast just to see...but why? I have never had a batch fail. I do always pre hydrate and get it started before pitching and i have never had a bad batch in decades...

Had (2) 5 gallon batches side-by-side. One had this Munich yeast, the other had a Wyeast german style. This beer using this munich dry yeast came out sour,... I don't like sours and was undrinkable.... and the other Wyeast was one of my favorite beers. Don't skimp and pay for the liquid yeast for this style of beer!

I used this in a Hefeweizen, and wasn't totally satisfied with the flavor. It doesn't have all of the traditional flavors I expected. I think next time I will try a liquid yeast. The yeast itself is powerful, and took off right away, and consumed the sugars quickly. The fast bubbling subsided in a couple of days. But the flavor was lacking.

I personally haven't had too much luck with this particular dry yeast. This yeast used to be a lot cheaper than it is now, and I used to use it quite a bit. The price has gone up quite a bit though, so it's not that great of a value. I've also had issues with long lag times after pitching with this yeast. I've had 3 batches take about 2-3 days to get going after pitching. I think there are better yeasts out there for the money.

This yeast works great! Bought some and used it on my last Wheat beer for the first time. Was happy with the way everything turned out. The price..... I really dont care for and is kinda steep but this is a good strand of yeast. Highly recommend.

I used this in my last batch of Wheat Beer, I was Very impressed! The airlock was bubbling in a matter of hours with no blow-off (had me worried for a little while tho..) _x000D_My brew had a nice smooth flavor with a clean finish, no citrus or banana flavors that I could detect, some people like those flavors in a beer, I don't._x000D__x000D_Sucks that the price went up, but what hasn't? My Wheat Beer turned out to be one of the best Ales I have made, definitely worth even the higher price. If the taste is important, DON'T SKIMP ON THE YEAST!!

I tried this yeast in half of a 10 gallon batch of honey wheat ale. I pitched US05 into the other half. I fermented them both at 68 deg F._x000D__x000D_The beer with the Danstar Munich was excellent. It had a very subtle and pleasant clove note, sufficient that it can be presented as a German wheat beer. This beer has been enjoyed by everybody who has tried it. Much better than the US05 batch._x000D__x000D_This was going to be a standard part of my yeast line-up, one of my stock "go to" yeasts that I keep on hand all the time._x000D__x000D_However, this yeast has more than doubled in price since I bought it just a few months ago! That quite frankly pisses me off and I'm inclined not to buy it any more. That's just gouging and I don't intend to be gouged._x000D__x000D_If it goes back down in price to a more reasonable dry yeast level then I'll be back for more._x000D__x000D__x000D_***Editor's note: Unfortunately our cost for this yeast recently doubled, and consequently we also had to double our price in order not to lose money from selling it.***_x000D__x000D__x000D__x000D_